The most impressive trompe l’oeil shown at Pulse NYC hung gracefully in the booth of Nicholas Metivier Gallery. The Toronto-based dealer showed Xiaoze Xie’s Standford Art Library (Nk2542-2547), 2011, an absolutely stunning painting. Also shown by Metivier was mixed-media artist James Lahey. Lahey’s Red Rider, Mule Trading Post – Missouri (Navigating Man, from Eight Days), 2011, is shown after the jump.

Photography by Jacob Breinholt for Curated.

This painting by Luis Lorenzana caught my eye at Silverlens Gallery’s Pulse booth. Silverlens is located in Makati City, Philippines. Lorenzana is a self-taught artist, he studied Public Administration, who works his own unique brand of pop surrealism.

Luis Lorenzana
Speak Softly Love, 2011
Oil on Canvas

Photography by Jacob Breinholt for Curated.

Galerie Andreas Binder, from Munich, showed my personal favorite painting at Pulse.

Yigal Ozeri
Untitled (Israeli Army Girl), 2011
Oil on paper on wood, framed.

Photograph by Jacob Breinholt for Curated.

Antena Estudio, of Mexico City, was one of the galleries showing at Impluse – a subsection of Pulse NYC hosting work less than two years old. Showing at Antena, Andres Basurto impressed with his broken bottle and poxy skulls. Stunning in color, and hung just right to capture light and shadow, Basurto’s works are named after the bottles they are produced from. For example, he’ll title a work “Corona” or sometimes more generically “Mezcal” if the brand is anonymous in the liquor.

For those interested in seeing Basurto’s work after Pulse NYC closes (March 6, 2011), a selection of works entitled Inspired by a True Story, will be on view at Lyons Wier Gallery in New York through April 2, 2011.

More skulls after the jump. Photography by Jacob Breinholt for Curated.

On view at the Sienna Gallery booth at Pulse (through March 6, 2011), Melanie Bilenker’s work employs the artist’s own hair as primary material. Inspired by Victorian notions of hair as conduit of memory, Bilenker uses her hair to capture personal memories in charming little drawings.

Photography by Jacob Breinholt for Curated.

View more of Bilenker’s work after the jump.

Philadelphia’s Pentimenti Gallery shared the terrific work of Matthew Cox at Pulse (open through March 6, 2011). Cox embroiders on x-ray, forming works that are rich in color, texture, and (obviously) juxtaposition of material. Certainly a show highlight.

Photograph by Jacob Breinholt for Curated.

View more of Matthew Cox after the jump.

Some terrific work was shown through Zidoun Gallery of Luxembourg at Pulse (which runs through March 6, 2011). The above image collects a few works, and you’ll note the triptych Bike by Jeremy Wagner at the top of that. The work is oil on metal panel.

The gallery also had a series of impressive circus poster inspired paintings.

View those paintings in full after the leap.